Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou added to UFC 140 in Toronto

A middleweight contest between Jared Hamman (13-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and Constantinos Philippou (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is now official for the UFC’s return to Canada.

UFC officials today announced the matchup as the “final” contest on the now 12-bout UFC 140 card.

Featuring a light heavyweight title fight between current champ Jon Jones and former titleholder Lyoto Machida, “UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida” takes place Dec. 10 at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre.

The positioning of Hamman vs. Philippo bout on the evening’s lineup was not confirmed, but it will likely take place on the evening’s preliminary card.

Hamman looks to build off the strength of an impressive second-round finish of C.B. Dollaway at August’s UFC on Versus 5 event. The “Fight of the Night” performance marked the 185-pound debut of “The Messenger,” who previously squeezed a win over Rodney Wallace in between losses to Kyle Kingsbury and Alexander Gustafsson during a three-fight run in the UFC’s light heavyweight division.

Meanwhile, Philippou seeks his second win in the octagon. After dropping his “The Ultimate Fighter 11″ elimination-round exhibition fight to Joseph Henle, Philippou was added as a late replacement to March 2011’s UFC 128 event, where he dropped a unanimous decision to UFC 128. Philippou then returned to action this past August at UFC 133, where he was expected to face Rafael Natal. Instead, Philippou replaced an injured Alessio Sakara and earned a split-decision win over Jorge Rivera.

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